Skirt and waist fastener.



No. 837,725. PATENTED DEC, 4, 1906.

S. P. QUIGLEY. SKIRT AND WAIST PASTBNER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.13,1906.

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SYLVIA P. QUIGLEY, OF OVID CENTER, NEW YORK.

SKIRT AND WAIST FASTENER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed April 13, 1906. Serial No. 311,561.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLVIA P. QUIGLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ovid Center, in the county of Seneca, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt and IVaistFasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garment-fasten ers; and the object thereof isto provide a simple and effective device which may be attached to thewaistband of a skirt and connected to a shirt-waist to prevent theformer from sagging down and the latter from rising or slipping.

The device is also adapted to retain a belt in place and likewiseprevent the same from riding up beyond the waistband of the skirt.

The invention will be readily understood from an inspection of theaccompanying drawings, in 'which Figure 1 is a rear view of a portion ofa skirt and waist connected by a fastener con structed in accordancewith this invention and showing also a belt held in place by thefastener. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastener.

The same numerals refer to corresponding parts in both views.

Referring to the drawings, the fastener will be seen to consist of asingle piece of wire bent upon itself to form the rear member 5 and thefront member 6. The former may be regarded as comprising the verticalextensions 7 7, bent at their lower end to form the loop button-catches8, connected by the intermediate portion 9, which is bent upwardly toform the upper or oppositely-facing loop button-catch 10.

The front member 6 in like manner consists of the pair of dependingvertical extensions 11, connected by the cross-wire 12, the upper endsof extensions 7 being bent downwardly to form the extensions of thefront member.

In use the catches 8 8 of the rear member are slipped around a pair ofbuttons 13 on the waistband of the skirt, while the upper catch 10 inlike manner embraces and is held by a button 14 onthe shirt-waist. Owingto the fact that catch 10 extends upwardly While catches 8 extenddownwardly, it will be apparent that the tendency of the skirt to sagand that the waist to ride up will each equalize the other and bothaccordingly be held in place. The belt 15, which is held in place in thespace between the front and rear members, will likewise be preventedfrom any upward movement owing to the closed structure or loops formedat the upper ends and connecting said members.

The device may be made of gold, silver, or plated wire, as desired.

What is claimed is A garment-fastener consisting of a single piece ofwire bent to form a rear member and a front member, said rear membercomprising a pair of vertical extensions, each bent at its lower end toform a loop button-catch and an intermediate portion connecting saidbutton-catches and bent upwardly to form an oppositely-facing loopbutton-catch, and said front member comprising a pair of dependingvertical extensions forming a continuation of the correspondingextensions of the rear member and connected at their lower ends by across-wire, the space be tween said members acting as a belt-retainer.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SYLVIA P. QUIGLEY. Witnesses:

D. 0. WHEELER, 0. G. WHEELER.

